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Suffolk County Community College vs Seattle Central College

Selden, NY · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair NY:WA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE NY × WA
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

One campus shows net-price relief; the peer does not

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, only one school has a directional decline in average net price; the other stays a measured range. Cost gaps on this board are moving targets, not fixed snapshot deltas.

  • Suffolk County Community College: average net price fell -30.7% from $7,044 (2013) to $4,882 (2023), r² 0.66.
  • Seattle Central College: net price ranged $3,745–$6,612 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +17.9% is not a trend (r² 0.33).
  • Suffolk County Community College: enrollment shrank -37.7% over 2013–2023; fitted -989 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • Seattle Central College: enrollment ranged 2,412–3,879 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Suffolk County Community College vs Seattle Central College

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition ($5,745 vs $12,460 at Suffolk County Community College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Suffolk County Community College leads on avg net price ($5,258 vs $8,819 at Seattle Central College)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Suffolk County Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($8,250 vs $12,000 at Seattle Central College)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Suffolk County Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Seattle Central College leads on out-of-state tuition at $5,745 versus $12,460 at Suffolk County Community College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Suffolk County Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Suffolk County Community College leads on avg net price at $5,258 versus $8,819 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Suffolk County Community College and Seattle Central College?▼
Suffolk County Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $8,250 versus $12,000 at Seattle Central College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025